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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
www.unhcr.ch
UNHCR
is mandated by the United Nations to lead and coordinate international
action for the world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of
refugee problems.
Web
site provides information about UNHCR, programs, and activities; as well as
general refugee information and news. The website is worth browsing on
one’s own and the home page is pretty descriptive for its categories.
The world offers map and
text-based access to country-specific information about refugees. Issues
offers a topic-specific route to articles about refugee children, the
environment, women's issues. Evaluation and Policy Analysis offers access to UNHCR
reports that can be searched by country, theme, or date. Statistics
related to crisis situations and UNHCR and partner efforts are also
available.
 http://www.unhcr.ch/news/news.htm
News includes press releases, news archives, new publications, briefing
news, and country updates. UNHCR
in the News contains the 100 latest news stories on UNHCR and refugees
from around the world.
http://www.unhcr.ch/pubs/pubs.htm
Publications offers online access to Refugees magazine and other
UNHCR publications. Also click on to reference which is an addition to the UN publications
page which provides links to working papers and other documents.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/welcome.htm REFWORLD
– a collection of full-text databases representing the most comprehensive
and reliable refugee information resource available. UNCHR and UN documents
as well as an impressive refugee literature search.
- http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/pubs/rsq.htm
Refugee Survey Quarterly serves as an authoritative source for
current refugee and country information. Each issue is a combination
of country reports, documents, reviews and abstracts of
refugee-related literature.
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/refworld/unhcr/hcspeech/menu.htm
Speeches of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
includes a speech by former High Commissioner Sadako Ogata on “Telecommunications in the Service of Humanitarian
Assistance“.
http://ww.the-ecentre.net
Regional Centre for Emergency Training in International Humanitarian
Response in Tokyo, Japan.
United States Committee for
Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/
Advocacy
group for refugees' rights and protection.
Website
includes information about organization, activities, and programs. News and
Resources (located on left sidebar) provides access to editorials,
press releases, and directories of different players in the humanitarian
assistance arena.
http://www.refugees.org/world/worldmain.htm
Worldwide Refugee Information provides statistics and information on
individual country situations and refugee populations. Search issues for topics
like internally displaced persons, women and children, and protection. Also
In the Field provides first
hand accounts from those in the field and Refugee Voices provides
opportunities to communicate with refugees.
Women’s Commission for Refugee
Women and Children
http://www.womenscommission.org/
An
advocacy and expert organization speaking out on behalf of refugee and
displaced women, children and adolescents around the world. It monitors the
care and protection of refugee women and children provides technical
training. It speaks out on issues of concern to refugee and displaced
women, children and adolescents. It also provides opportunities for refugee
women and youth to speak for themselves through briefings, testimony,
participation in field assessments and international conferences.
Website
provides information on mission, advocacy, and a calendar of events. Reports
available for purchase, some on-line.
World Food Programme
www.wfp.org
WFP
is the frontline United Nations organization fighting to eradicate world
hunger, and works in both emergency and development situations.
About WFP contains information
on food aid policies for emergencies, rehabilitation development, women,
school feeding and work for food. Policies contains
the WFP Mission
Statement and its Policy Papers.
Operations
on the left-hand
side of home page includes links to guidelines and policies regarding food
aid programs and country specific projects. News Room includes
news on WFP activities and food security world-wide, including weekly
emergency reports. Logistics
provides information on various WFP transport and logistics documentation.
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int (English,
French, Spanish)
The objective
of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of
health. Functions include: acting as the directing and coordinating
authority on international health work; promoting technical cooperation;
assisting governments in strengthening health services; furnishing
appropriate technical assistance and, in emergencies, necessary aid; to
stimulate and advance work on the prevention and control of epidemic,
endemic and other diseases; promoting the improvement of nutrition,
housing, sanitation, recreation, economic or working conditions and other
aspects of environmental hygiene; and promoting improved standards of
teaching and training in the health, medical and related profession.
Searchable website
includes information about WHO, programs, and activities. Health
topic offers links to information about diseases (surveillance and
response, research, prevention, related WHO publications), and subjects
such as Family and Reproductive health, Health technology, and
Lifestyle. Information Sources gives access to WHO library where
you can search for WHO documents by subject (including emergencies /
disasters) many of which are accessible online. Others can be ordered
from WHO. Reports and Information Services give access to various WHO
publications and newsletters which are either online or orderable.
http://www.who.int/eha/disasters/
Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action. On the left side of
this page find a list under Specific Emergency Situations. For each link,
find background information, reports, epidemiological surveillance reports,
needs assessments, and related links. On the right hand side of the main
page are Specific Topics that provide links to documents relating to
emergency situations and various health topics, food and nutrition,
diseases, and drugs. Other Related Links give access to training and
research, standard health kits, evaluations, manuals, a bibliography, and
links to the Humanitarian Supply Management System (SUMA) and HINAP.
- http://www.hinap.org/HinapWeb/HinapSite.nsf/Main?OpenFrameSet
Health Information Network for Advanced Planning (HINAP).
HINAP is an information system designed to optimize effective
contingency planning for health relief in complex humanitarian
emergencies involving sudden population displacements. HINAP
consolidates, analyzes and deploys information on topics such as
nutrition, epidemiology, logistics, country health profiles, status of
local health facilities and the availability of resources for
emergency contingency planning. On the left click on area of
interest (Asia for example), which brings up countries. Click on a country
for a list of health issues, key health indicators, and health
profile. Use the interactive menu on the left to check out options
including: communicable diseases, mortality rates, nutritional status,
and immunization coverage. Also click on Related Sites at the top for
a long list of health and emergency links.
http://w3.whosea.org/index.htm
–Who Southeast Asia Regional Office. Searchable website that provides
information about activities, countries of work, and access to articles,
reports, publications, and policies. Malaria, Tobacco, AIDS & TB
programs highlighted.
http://www.who.int/dsa/cat98/emerg8.htm
- WHO library catalogue, subject emergencies / disasters.
http://www.who.int/emc-documents/
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Document Center
http://www.paho.org/ Pan American Health Office, WHO
Regional Office for the Americas. Search website contents by Topic
or Resource type. Information includes emergency
management, nutrition, diseases, water supply, and sanitation.
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